No way - it's Federer in straights. First set will be close, second will be a blowout.

At least that's how it has gone in their last meetings: Gonz comes out all guns blazing in the first set. Federer plays very conservative and withstands the barrage. At 5-5 Federer turns it up a little bit. Federer takes the set either 7-5 or in the tiebreak, where he lets it rip.

Second set, GonzŠlez, flabbergasted that all the heavy artillery didn't work in the first set, tries his plan B: hit harder! His shots start going wide/long, plus Federer has a set under his belt and can afford to let it rip some more. Federer takes the second set, say, 6-2.

In a way, it looks like Federer was fishing - give the fish some line, let it run, and when it tires reel it in.

If it's a cat and mouse game, (Fed the cat, Gonzalez the mouse, Federer plays with Gonzalez as a cat plays with a mouse before the coup de gr‚ce), then Federer in three or, if he goes on a walkabout in the second set. If Roger is serious and figures he's had enough practice time on clay, then two sets.

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If it's a cat and mouse game, (Fed the cat, Gonzalez the mouse, Federer plays with Gonzalez as a cat plays with a mouse before the coup de gr‚ce), then Federer in three or, if he goes on a walkabout in the second set. If Roger is serious and figures he's had enough practice time on clay, then two sets.